But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the dogs. Treasury of Scripture Let. Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet... Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles... Matthew 15:23-28 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and sought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us... Acts 22:21 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles. Romans 15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers: Ephesians 2:12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise...
Context The Faith of the Syrophoenician Woman
24And from there he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she sought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the dogs. 28And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the devil is gone out of your daughter. 30And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid on the bed. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs.
Darby Bible Translation
But Jesus said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
King James Bible
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'
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